Home, school, and leisure in the Soviet Union / edited by Jenny Brine, Maureen Perrie, Andrew Sutton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brine, J. J.

Perrie, Maureen, 1946-

Sutton, Andrew.

Barker, Geoffrey Russell, 1923-1977.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Soviet Union.

Education.

Soviet Union.

Day care centers--Soviet Union.

Day care centers.

Recreation--Soviet Union.

Recreation.

Soviet Union--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1980.

Contents:

Housing ideals, structural constraints, and the emancipation of women / G.D. Andrusz

Domestic labour and Soviet society / Alix Holt

"A woman's right to choose" in the Soviet Union / Barbara Holland

Secondary education for all in a forward-looking society / Elisabeth Koutaissoff

Socialisation in the literature lesson / Felicity O'Dell

Soviet boarding education / John Dunstan

Soviet child care / Madeline Drake

Backward children in the USSR / Andrew Sutton

Achievements and problems in Soviet recreational planning / Denis J.B. Shaw

Sport in Soviet society / James Riordan

Reading as a leisure pursuit in the USSR / Jenny Brine

Geoffrey Barker, 1923-77 / R.W. Davies and James Riordan.

Notes:

"This volume is dedicated to the memory of Geoffrey Russell Barker, 1923-1977."

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0043350402

OCLC:

6937454